Q: Can someone add a section about this? Is it an alternative to ACPID?

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on a macbook air 4,2 i could not get the suggested configuration for slimlock on lid close to work:

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A: No it's actually a kernel thread that is running due to an acpi module that is loaded into the kernel, like "thermal" or "battery". You can use the kernel argument noacpi in grub to disable acpi in the kernel.

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==Screen Blanking==

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DISPLAY=:0.0 su -c - username /usr/bin/slimlock

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Q: How do you keep the screen blanked when an external mouse is plugged in? Screen will blank when lid is closed, but if you move the mouse it will light up again and you'll see the light coming through the cracks. --[[User:VitaminJ|VitaminJ]] 05:32, 18 February 2011 (EST)

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i had to use:

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su -s $USERNAME /bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/slimlock"

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(suggested complimentary configuration)

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== Screen Brightness ==

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I had no luck with a screen brightness step of 1, in acpi handler. Adding these clauses to handler.sh works better.

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video/brightnessdown)

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bl_dev=/sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0

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actual_bl=`cat $bl_dev/actual_brightness`

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# Lower brightness has no effect until it is lowered enough to change actual_brightness.

== Banner to warn users that logind already implements some of these tips? ==

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Hi! I think it can be useful if we put a banner on top of this page to warn users that logind already implements some acpid features. Eventually we can highlight which of these features are already implemented, and a link to the systemd wiki page. [[User:Nierro|Nierro]] ([[User talk:Nierro|talk]]) 17:40, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

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:The [[Power Management]] page (a section from [[systemd]] was recently moved there) links to this page correctly, but you are right - some note to read [[Power Management#Power management with systemd]] first would be useful. But I'd still keep the old examples using ''pm-suspend'' etc. until [[pm-utils]] is finally deprecated. -- [[User:Lahwaacz|Lahwaacz]] ([[User talk:Lahwaacz|talk]]) 17:51, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

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::The fact is that pm-utils, being no more a dep of upower, is really unlikely to be installed. While every user should have systemd and "systemctl suspend". So I find it better to use systemctl instead of pm. For the banner, i think it should be added. [[User:Nierro|Nierro]] ([[User talk:Nierro|talk]]) 18:29, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

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:::It seems i'm jumping forward when upower 0.9.21 hit extra...i'm using testing so i didn't notice. By the way systemctl suspend is equivalent to pm-suspend, and i guess upower 0.9.21 will hit extra in a few days. [[User:Nierro|Nierro]] ([[User talk:Nierro|talk]]) 18:31, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

Banner to warn users that logind already implements some of these tips?

Hi! I think it can be useful if we put a banner on top of this page to warn users that logind already implements some acpid features. Eventually we can highlight which of these features are already implemented, and a link to the systemd wiki page. Nierro (talk) 17:40, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

The fact is that pm-utils, being no more a dep of upower, is really unlikely to be installed. While every user should have systemd and "systemctl suspend". So I find it better to use systemctl instead of pm. For the banner, i think it should be added. Nierro (talk) 18:29, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

It seems i'm jumping forward when upower 0.9.21 hit extra...i'm using testing so i didn't notice. By the way systemctl suspend is equivalent to pm-suspend, and i guess upower 0.9.21 will hit extra in a few days. Nierro (talk) 18:31, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

Alright, but this doesn't make much sense - why not use the logind mechanism you talked about? I'd delete that example too, there's already one example on button/lid close. -- Lahwaacz (talk) 18:51, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

Damn sorry, you're right obviously. I must be really tired. Thank you for pointing that out! Nierro (talk) 18:54, 3 August 2013 (UTC)